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claim:natural-phenomena-such-as-wild-waves-and-migrating-geese-are-personal-in-the-same-sense-as-living-buildings-they-are-deeply-whole-deeply-alive-and-therefore-deeply-personalNatural phenomena such as wild waves and migrating geese are personal in the same sense as living buildings — they are deeply whole, deeply alive, and therefore deeply personal
Extends the personal quality beyond artifacts to untouched nature
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- Alexander's most radical ontological claim about the nature of living structure
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cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edgeEntities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.
- Alexander's argument that self-likeness in natural forms cannot be explained by artistic intention alone, requiring Proposition 2 for theoretical coherence.
- Practical consequence for architecture and urbanism.
- Alexander's definition of 'life' in broad sense, exemplifying how non-biological systems possess vitality.
- Key example to show that life extends beyond organisms to inanimate dynamic systems.
- Predictive claim about the automatic spatial output of living process
- Argues for intersubjective agreement about the quality of life.
- The selection criterion for the examples: their life resides precisely in their special character.
- Diagnosis of modern lifelessness.